adds a lot to the cost of construction. so, it s to everybody s advantage to try to make it to streamline this process. and i ll just leave you with this thought. the proof is in the pudding. everybody here has left san francisco for different reasons. i think we d all agree in this room we left san francisco in large love san francisco for because of victorian architecture. the san francisco everybody loves was built before ceqa was in place. a lot of san francisco that people find offensive was built after ceqa was in place. so, it s not necessarily that ceqa protects does the protecting that everybody expects it to do. and if we can streamline the process that s much better. thank you, mr. levitt. next speaker. before you go, let me call a few more names. i ll start your two minutes, don t worry. [speaker not understood]. fernando mar tee, peter [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood]. go ahead. great. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is mark engli
my name is tamika moss and i m the community development director at spur. spur is strongly supporting the legislation before you. i passed out a letter for your review. i did have an opportunity to have a really respectful discussion with some of the opponents of this legislation and i thought it was a really great opportunity to better understand some of the concerns that we ve all heard about today. and i have not spur has not had an opportunity to review supervisor kim s legislation. and we have really vetted the legislation before you to ensure that the points that we relate to are strong and one in particular is really around the noticing and timing. the comments that you all made earlier in terms of increased noticing is the parallel process of timing. but noticing needs to be transparent and effective for everyone to be able to use and we believe that this legislation does that, but that we need to hold the planning department accountable to ensure that that proce